All posts tagged "UN"

  • (Yonhap)
    UN: North Korean company renames ships to evade sanctions

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar has tried to evade ensuing U.N. sanctions by renaming most of its vessels in an attempt...

    • Posted February 25, 2015
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    S. Korea to fund $1.3 million UN census of N. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea decided Thursday to offer US$1.3 million in assistance for a United Nations census of the North Korean population this year, the unification ministry said. The ministry plans to use the inter-Korean cooperation...

    • Posted January 29, 2015
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  • In this Sept. 23, 2014, file photo, North Korean human rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk delivers remarks during an event on human rights in North Korea at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in New York. Shin, who fled a North Korean prison camp and became the face of international efforts to hold the country accountable for widespread human rights abuses, has changed important parts of his life story. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
    UN official stands by N. Korea abuse allegations despite defector’s changed story

    TOKYO (AP) — The United Nations’ official in charge of investigating human rights violations in North Korea said Friday he stands by U.N. findings of widespread abuses there despite recent backtracking by a prominent defector on the...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C, front row) pays tribute to the mausoleum of his father Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2014, to mark the third anniversary of the senior Kim's death. The mausoleum enshrines the mummified bodies of Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung, the current leader's grandfather and the founder of the North Korean government. (KCNA-Yonhap)
    UN General Assembly formally adopts landmark resolution on NK human rights

    NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) — The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday formally adopted a landmark resolution calling for referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court for human rights violations. The adoption has been widely expected...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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  • Choe Myong Nam, a North Korean official in charge of U.N. affairs and human rights, listens during a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly human rights committee, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. An attempt to weaken a United Nations move to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity failed Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    UN push to refer North Korea to International Criminal Court over human rights moves forward

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s boldest effort yet to hold North Korea and leader Kim Jong-un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity moved forward Tuesday at the United Nations, where a Pyongyang envoy threatened further nuclear...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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  • President Park Geun-hye, of South Korea, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Seoul wants UN office in DMZ

    By Shim Jae-yun, Yi Whan-woo South Korea is seeking to host an office of the United Nations within an envisioned peace and ecological park inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), according to a key unification policy architect. The...

    • Posted October 29, 2014
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  • (NEWSis)
    Draft UN resolution seeks to take Kim Jong-un to int’l court

    New York (Yonhap) – A draft U.N. resolution on North Korea’s human rights problem calls for referring the totalitarian nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a diplomatic source said Wednesday. The draft resolution, written...

    • Posted October 9, 2014
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